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Urine cass notes
Term | Definition |
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Enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine |
hesistancy | involuntary delay in when pee comes out |
frequency | urinating small amounts of pee frequently |
urgency | unnatural great urge to urinate |
anuria | Inability of the kidney to produce urine |
oliguria | abnormally low urine output |
diuresis | increased production of excretion of urine |
polyuria | abnormally large volume of urine being produced |
diuretic | Substance that makes you pee more frequently |
Escherichia coli | most prominent bacteria in the urinary tract |
nephr- | Kidney |
electrolytes | ions in urine and blood |
bladder cancer | malignant tumor in bladder |
renal cell carcinoma | Cancer in the renal cells of the kidney (Most common type of kidney cancer in adults) |
kidney stone | hardened mineral deposit that forms in the kidney |
nephropathy | any kidney disorder |
optosis | displaced |
-sclerosis | hardened |
stricture | constriction |